# KAIST Humanoid Lab: humanoid robotics company

Canonical ID: `8c9ed220-7e67-4e12-b979-00963d18160e`

- **Slug:** kaist-humanoid-lab
- **HQ:** Daejeon, South Korea
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)

## Models

- [DRC-HUBO+](/models/drc-hubo.md) (humanoid) (id: `2e4b5349-3043-429b-af84-e81cf6d537f5`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Jun Ho Oh](/people/jun-ho-oh.md) Professor, KAIST; Co-founder, Rainbow Robotics (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is KAIST Humanoid Lab?

[KAIST Humanoid Lab](/companies/kaist-humanoid-lab) in Daejeon, South Korea, develops the HUBO humanoid robot series. [DRC-HUBO+](/models/drc-hubo) won first place at the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, beating 22 other robots and winning the $2M grand prize. Led by Professor Jun-Ho Oh, the lab has produced HUBO, DRC-HUBO, and subsequent humanoid platforms.

### What does KAIST Humanoid Lab make?

KAIST Humanoid Lab has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: DRC-HUBO+ (KAIST Humanoid Lab builds physical robots).

### Who competes with KAIST Humanoid Lab?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to KAIST Humanoid Lab building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, AgiBot, Boston Dynamics, UBTech Robotics.

### Where is KAIST Humanoid Lab headquartered?

KAIST Humanoid Lab is headquartered in Daejeon, South Korea.

### Where does KAIST Humanoid Lab operate robots?

KAIST Humanoid Lab is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.


## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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